Finally, the chance to get into Beijing. Arrived on Saturday afternoon and after checking in, gave a call to a good friend "哥儿们", as he calls it. I have not seen him for about 10 years now, but still in touch and within half an hour, he was at the lobby. Cool!
Then, took me in his Buick 7-seater and off we zoomed to his factory. Obviously wanted to show me his labour of fruits. Anyway, after that, we popped by to meet his kids and sister, who was at that time, 摘杏. At that point of time, I didn't knew what the heck was 杏.... Almond?
Reached the garden and what the heck.... it was apricot. That tells you my Mandarin standard. Anyway, walked around and enjoyed the fun a little. A bit hot though, on a hazy afternoon, temperature was about 33 Deg C.
After the kids were done, we walked out to the roadside, weighed the bag of apricots. Scales says "四斤", or 4 Katis, about 600 grams. Total: RMB 8/- (~ S$ 1.60)!!!!! Cheap? You decide!
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